monument

  A monument to black civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is planned for the top of Georgia’s Stone Mountain Park, home to a giant carving depicting three heroes of the pro-slavery Confederacy, a newspaper reported on Sunday.  Park officials told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that the monument to King would feature a replica […]

Thou shalt not place a Ten Commandments monument on Oklahoma Capitol grounds. This was the ruling of Oklahoma’s Supreme Court Tuesday concerning a 6-foot-tall granite monument featuring the biblical Old Testament laws. According to the court, the “obviously religious” symbol violates the state’s constitutional ban on using public property to benefit a religion. The 7-2 […]

  The monument is surrounded by soldiers and sailors, but they could do nothing to protect her when a group showed up early Sunday. At least three people climbed the monument’s east side sculpture while others took pictures. Intentionally or not, the culprits caused causing thousands of dollars in damage. “It’s disheartening, I guess would […]

In addition, the original battle flags of the 7th and 8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry and 10th Ohio Cavalry will be displayed at the monument, which honors this state’s role in the Civil War. That participation is illustrated in both statuary and interior panels bearing the names of 9,000 Cuyahoga County residents who served with the […]

In addition, the original battle flags of the 7th and 8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry and 10th Ohio Cavalry will be displayed at the monument, which honors this state’s role in the Civil War. That participation is illustrated in both statuary and interior panels bearing the names of 9,000 Cuyahoga County residents who served with the […]